Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Man from Columbia, #2

The Assistant Chief Counsel asked: 1] why didn't you flee from your country sooner? why the delay? did you need time to get money and passports? 2] upon arrival in the USA, why not apply for asylum sooner? why the delay? did you need time to get money and find a lawyer?

3] what did the bad guys want? did they want to punish you for your political opinion?
4] OK, you received some phone threats. Anything else? did other, similarly-situated people get phone threats and then get killed? how did this make you feel? how did you sleep at night? did you ever have nightmares?
5] was your house damaged physically? someone broke windows, and pushed in the door? why not report this to the police? any damage done to your car or motorcycle? to your place of business?
6] you say the FARC hates you? does anyone agree with you? how come no one will write a letter of support for you? did you even ask anyone to write a letter? what was his response, when you asked?

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